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fossilize

/ fossilize /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
become mentally inflexible
Type of:
senesce age get on
Derived:
fossilization fossilisation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
convert to a fossil
"The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
Type of:
convert change over
Kinds of:
lapidify petrify
Derived:
fossilization fossilisation fossil
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
23%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
12
Times Searched
1
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senesce age get on convert change over lapidify petrify